Bosley was diagnosed w/ "lower
motor neuron disease and laryngeal paralysis" the end of March '10
and still get around okay (not pretty, but he manages) in the house and
yard, but we had to come up w/ an alternative form of transportation for
him to get around the neighborhood as he's dearly missed his walks and
the active lifestyle we'd always led with him and BernieBob (our other
BARC boy who we lost at only 4.75 yrs. of age, also to a neurologic
disease on July 25, 2009).

And, of course, we HAD to get
Bosley a personalized license plate for his wagon!!

When Bernz started becoming
symptomatic, that was the end of our long walks at the lake, etc. as
Bernz couldn't do them anymore; then, before we lost Bernz, Bosley was
beginning to show signs that something was wrong, so the last 1 1/2 yrs.
of our lives has been lived coping w/ disease and making the best we can
of whatever time God sees fit to give us with our precious boyz. We got
Bosley when he was 15 weeks old on April 24, 2004, driving round-trip
from TX to KS in like 21 hours. We then adopted BernieBob on
May 27th, 2005, and he flew into our lives from NY state where he'd been
rescued from a pet shop when he was 5 mos. of age. He arrived in TX
about a week before he turned 7 mos. old.

Here is one more of the two
of them that is a real favorite of mine. We used this photo of Bernie
(zoomed in head shot) for his portrait that we had commissioned after
his death. It was taken at Kevin & Shari Curran's ranch in East
Texas where we used to have annual Lone Star BMD Club meetings. Bernie
is, in fact, buried out there in their pet cemetery. He dearly LOVED
going out there as they had all sorts of animals--pygmy goats, miniature
ponies, big horses, etc...and Bernie had such a gentle way with the
animals. Okay, now I have to attach another photo so you can see Bernie
with a colt while the colt's momma keeps a close eye out to ensure
Bernie minds his manners (No worries, momma!).

In Loving Memory
of

Bernie

BARC's I'm No Saint, CGC

November 7th 2004 to July 25th 2009 Our first
Angel-Berner... "You stole
our hearts, my big man, and they are yours forever. We love you to the
moon and back, baby doll!"